Romans 5:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Romans 5:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 2:1-5
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; …
Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Colossians 2:13
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Titus 3:3-5
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. …
Romans 5:10
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

Topics

Atonement Blood Depravity of Man Despondency Expiation Grace of God Jesus, the Christ Offerings

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-21)

The apostle here describes the fountain and foundation of justification, laid in the death of the Lord Jesus. The streams are very sweet, but, if you run them up to the spring-head, you will find it to be Christ’s dying for us; it is in the precious stream of Christ’s blood that all these privileges come flowing to us: and therefore he enlarges upon this instance of the love of God which is shed a…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6-8. For when we were yet without strength--that is, powerless to deliver ourselves, and so ready to perish. in due time--at the appointed season. Christ died for the ungodly--Three signal properties of God’s love are here given: First, “Christ died for the ungodly,” whose character, so far from meriting any interposition in their behalf, was altogether repulsive to the eye of God; second, He did…